Among other things, factors that contributed to the loss include consulting fees which doubled to R80 million.

Aside that, SABC recorded material losses due to unauthorized, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. It climbed from R58 million to R92 million. R19 million thereof, was caused by recruitment where proper processes were not followed.

The financial report also indicated that the total unauthorized, fruitless and wasteful expenditure losses in cluded an increase in payments without contracts from R13 million to R40 million.